"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" aborts prematurely

[Heinrich Rebehn]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg

In Hardy alpha4, "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" is missing the questions about graphics hardware and monitor. It aborts after the keyboard an mouse configuration. The created xorg.conf is empty/unchanged. This worked in earlier versions of Ubuntu.

[Gabz (gnoronha)]

This is not a bug..

They seem to have changed how they are using xorg. read
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/HardyHardwareDetection

Graphics are dynamically detected except for a problem with old ati cards.

[Heinrich Rebehn (rebehn)]

Gabz wrote:
> This is not a bug..
>
> They seem to have changed how they are using xorg. read
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/HardyHardwareDetection
>
> Graphics are dynamically detected except for a problem with old ati
> cards.
>
Automatic detection of the graphics card is fine, but how do i specify
my monitor resolution and refresh rate? There is no word about it in the
document you specified.

-Heinrich

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Either read the manpages (man xorg.conf, man intel etc.), or wait until the display configurator is functional again.

[Heinrich Rebehn (rebehn)]

Timo Aaltonen wrote:
> Either read the manpages (man xorg.conf, man intel etc.),

> or wait until the display configurator is functional again.

This means that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg will be fixed? Or what do
you mean by "display configurator"?

Regards,
 Heinrich

[Gabz (gnoronha)]

>"Automatic detection of the graphics card is fine, but how do i specify
>my monitor resolution and refresh rate? There is no word about it in the
>document you specified."

From the Document

"References to device and monitor are implicit, default monitor resolution is detected automatically, and resolutions and multihead are better configured with XRandR and displayconfig-gtk."

so yes the document says you should use XRandR or displayconfig-gtk

[Heinrich Rebehn (rebehn)]

Gabz wrote:
>> "Automatic detection of the graphics card is fine, but how do i specify
>> my monitor resolution and refresh rate? There is no word about it in the
>> document you specified."
>
>>From the Document
>
> "References to device and monitor are implicit, default monitor
> resolution is detected automatically, and resolutions and multihead are
> better configured with XRandR and displayconfig-gtk."
>
> so yes the document says you should use XRandR or displayconfig-gtk
>

Does not work:

root@bremerhaven:~# displayconfig-gtk
*** Error: couldn't find any ServerLayout sections

Regards,
 Heinrich

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

right, that's what I meant with "wait until the display configurator is functional again".

[Citrupe (rkelly-citrusnetworks)]

I have Hardy 8.04 LTS now running successfully on an ancient AMD Asus motherboard with a ATI Rage128 Ultra displaying on a reall multisync iiyama (that Windoze always detects).

As above the ATI card was NOT detected properly by the new hardware detection programme and defaulted to the rather useless 800x640 - most dialogue boxes in fwbuilder etc are actually bigger than this and the bottom of some boxes were inaccessible!. Doh!

However by entering the following paragraphs in xorg.conf it fixed it ! :-) Now i have all sorts of settings.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Boardname "ATI Rage Ultra"
 Busid "PCI:1:5:0"
 Driver "r128"
 Vendorname "ATI"
 Screen 0
 Option "MergedFB" "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
 Horizsync 30.0-81.0
 Vertrefresh 56.0-76.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        SubSection "Display"
     Depth 24
     Modes "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

Not sure if it was the card driver spec or the monitor declaration but it does show that xorg.conf still does effect the way X windows configures itself.
Just thought you guys might like to know...

R